Great pictures Tommy. Last one I would have gone for Langford Lodge, but looking at the site plan I can't place it. Looking for a hangar with huts adjacent.
Re the hangars AIR10/4038 states on 1.1.1943, LL had 16 Butlers, 2 Robins, 20 Super Robins, 7 BB Robins, 14 B Robins. (what are B and BB Robins?)
AIR10/4039 states T2(110 x 220) J-9;232,328 sq ft storage. ??
Graham
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
I thought that was Langford Lodge but could it be Sydenham? As for the carrier, I know its name but will have to dig out the info. It's in a Liverpool dock but which one is still in dispute!
Found the info - it didn't take me as long as I expected! it's the USS Bogue. There is a Royal Navy Flower Class corvette in the left background, much used for convoy escort.
Found the info - it didn't take me as long as I expected! it's the USS Bogue. There is a Royal Navy Flower Class corvette in the left background, much used for convoy escort.
Ah - the USS Bogue! Well, the US Air Force thinks it's a British carrier (I won't tell if you won't)! I thought the sailor in the front left corner of the photo looked like a US sailor. But the man in the middle doesn't...
I would agree it is probably Langford lodge for the Lightnings.
I have seen a photograph of them being transported through Belfast City Centre by road on their way from the Docks to Langford Lodge to be prepared for transportation to Airfields in Southern England.
Found the info - it didn't take me as long as I expected! it's the USS Bogue. There is a Royal Navy Flower Class corvette in the left background, much used for convoy escort.
It's certainly a Bogue Class carrier, but it's not the USS Bogue.
Close examination of the photo shows she's flying the White Ensign, and after going through the ships of the Bogue Class which entered RN service (as the Attacker Class and the Ameer Class) it appears the photo is D77 HMS Nabob, formerly the USS Edisto, offloading her deck cargo of RAF Mustangs at Liverpool, during her maiden voyage from New York to Greenock with Convoy UT-10 in late March - early April 1944 (Not February as the original photo is captioned).
Of the two corvettes visible at the far end of the dock, the one with a visible number is Flower Class Corvette K24 HMS Azalea.
The one hiding behind HMS Nabob could be a Castle Class corvette, or an upgraded Flower Class with the rebuilt bow.
Ha ha ha, well done paul. I take my hat off to you sir for your excellent investigate skills. For your next mission, we need to seek out public domain WW2 US images of control towers for the proposed CT web site. Interested in this challenge?
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
I'm just downloading a cache of AAF photos taken at Toome which I'll be posting in the relevant thread later.
Any control tower images I find as I go will be saved for future use.
It's certainly a Bogue Class carrier, but it's not the USS Bogue.
Close examination of the photo shows she's flying the White Ensign, and after going through the ships of the Bogue Class which entered RN service (as the Attacker Class and the Ameer Class) it appears the photo is D77 HMS Nabob, formerly the USS Edisto, offloading her deck cargo of RAF Mustangs at Liverpool, during her maiden voyage from New York to Greenock with Convoy UT-10 in late March - early April 1944 (Not February as the original photo is captioned).
Of the two corvettes visible at the far end of the dock, the one with a visible number is Flower Class Corvette K24 HMS Azalea.
The one hiding behind HMS Nabob could be a Castle Class corvette, or an upgraded Flower Class with the rebuilt bow.
Wow - great detail! That's why we keep you around here, Paul...
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